I lied at MEPS. Will they go back and look through my medical records?

1. Get medically clear to withstand the physical demands of basic training and daily routine of military life.
2. Come clean with your recruiter, honesty is important.
3.You will get a physical exam and anything that disqualify from serving is going to come out.
4. You are not in yet, no harm done.

You need to go to JAG \. I had a guy in my unit who was collecting VA disability in an active-duty unit. They did find out and he was kicked out of the army. There is an old saying what ever you do in the dark will come out in the light. So talk to JAG so they can help you and give you your options on what to do.

I think you should have kept this information off this website! If you have heart murmur then it could be indicative of a bigger issue that needs to be looked into further.

So we're you going to be infantry or a tanker?

Rule #1 you didn’t lie, you told the truth that you knew at the time. Unless there is a record somewhere that you had x y or z medical condition, or unless they find something upon physical exam, you are fine. If you go telling them that you lied last time they will kick you out of the MEPS. I see some other old heads on here have commented, don’t listen to them. If you want to get in the service you do what you have to do. As long as it’s not going to put others at risk (which it arguably could if it’s a heart condition) you do you man.

If he said it was no big deal then it may likely be benign meaning that it’s there but won’t affect you. They will know. Meps found my benign heart murmur and it’s still there and never affected me during or after service. By the way that was back in 99 when I came in got out in 18. Documentation is ALWAYS good there is NEVER a need to lie it will never benefit you ESPECIALLY with medical records. You don’t want to lie or play dumb it won’t benefit you either way. Good luck.

2years ago: did you get in? BTW, you don’t have to play dumb, you’ve got that down. Best of luck.

Frankly speaking, you are obviously immature and lack the intestinal fortitude & critical thinking skills necessary for self preservation and or a career in the United States military.

If you are going to begin your relationship with the US Army by telling lies (no matter how insignificant), exactly how are you to be trusted with completiin of an accurate report, CQ duty, or anything else?

Own up to it and deal with the situation. Possibly do what the other SFC told you to do then delete your RP account until you at least have a turtle shell on your head.

I know this is really old but it just came to me in a e mail. I see in many of the comments that people advise him to tell his recruiter about it assuming that he didn't already do it. My two cents, I was a recruiter for three years and not very successful, but I never told anyone to lie or omit anything to get in. I wonder if "A bunch of others told me to just play dumb" was his recruiter and station commander. Maybe they wanted a contract and didn't want to bother with wavier paperwork. I seen things like this happen and I know that if the recruit got caught the people that told him/her to lie would throw them under the bus. I never saw anything major happen so I didn't report recruiter improprieties. If the MEPS people wanted to get picky they could deny him enlistment and put it in his records if it was found that he knew about it and purposely lied.

99% of the military lied at MEPS!